Administrative… Advice on storm watching … 27 May 202427 May 2024 Well, it’s that time of year again. The annual angst-fest known as hurricane season. This is my semi-annual post on how to find information, interpret the outlooks, think about invest…
Doomwatch!… Another X Class flare today 27 May 2024 Another major X class flare on the sun this morning, from the same site that caused the auroras a few weeks ago. The sun rotates in about 28 days, and…
Doomwatch!… Cyclone Remal to hit Bangladesh today 26 May 202426 May 2024 As noted yesterday, the system in the Bay of Bengal was forecast to become a cyclone and has done so, although fortunately the forecast isn't as bad as the GFS…
Doomwatch!… Northern Hemisphere TC Season underway 25 May 202425 May 2024 Although the official hurricane season in the Atlantic isn't considered to start until June 1st, note that the US National Hurricane Center has now started issuing daily updates on May…
Administrative… NOAA Hurricane Season Forecast; first “invest” in Atlantic 23 May 202424 May 2024 TLDR: Invest is nothing and will go away. Forecast: NOAA is predicting an above normal season (link), but nothing significant has changed since my blog post a month or so…
Climate… Fires in Mexico/Central America 15 May 2024 It's the annual spring "burning off the fields" season in the northern hemisphere, and an enormous plume of smoke is streaming across the Gulf of Mexico today, getting caught up…
Geophysics Aurora chasing 12 May 2024 Despite the satellites and computer models, like other kinds of weather space weather forecasting has good days and bad days. The last few days have been pretty frantic, with some…
Geophysics G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm again today 11 May 202412 May 2024 So definitely take a look tonight and tomorrow, when another wave of particles is expected…
Administrative… And another X class flare … 11 May 2024 at 8am this morning (Saturday) from the active area that has been spewing all week, lower right corner of this animation: These aren't pointed at the Earth so much as…
Geophysics Auroras this weekend 11 May 202412 May 2024 The energetic particles reaching earth last night were even more than forecast, and the auroras were visible as far south as southern Georgia! Sadly I missed them but photos are…
